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First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF FTSM

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV Fixed income · Global
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Last price 59.65 USD Change: Down −0.01 Percent change: Down −0.02%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.29%
Prospectus 2 Mar 2026
Net assets
$6.5B
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
689
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
4.09%
Monthly
Asset class
Fixed income
From holdings

First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (FTSM) is an exchange-traded fund listed on the Nasdaq in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Fixed income · Global (fixed income). Its last price was US$59.65 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.29% a year, from its prospectus dated 2 Mar 2026. It reported net assets of US$6.5 billion as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 689 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$2.44 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 4.09%, paid monthly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.29%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.29%
Prospectus date
2 Mar 2026
Filed with the SEC
27 Feb 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$6,503,159,482
Total assets
$6,567,747,658
Holdings as of
31 Jul 2026
Report made public
24 Sep 2026 (55 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 689 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

FTSM top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT T 4.125 06/30/28 US91282CQY02 1.72% $112.1M Debt United States USD
2 AutoNation, Inc. AutoNation, Inc. 0% CP 03/08/2026 US05330NH368 1.00% $65.0M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT T 3.875 07/31/27 US91282CNP22 0.98% $63.8M Debt United States USD
4 TARGA RESOURCES 0826 US87613LH362 0.92% $60.0M Debt United States USD
5 Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 0% CP 03/08/2026 US44641MH314 0.76% $49.4M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
6 Cencora Inc Cencora Inc 0% CP 03/08/2026 US15137QH335 0.66% $42.6M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
7 ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS No identifier reported 0.62% $40.0M Debt United States USD
8 HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK HBAN V4.871 04/12/28 BKNT US44644MAK71 0.54% $35.2M Debt United States USD
9 T-MOBILE USA INC TMUS 3.75 04/15/27 US87264ABD63 0.54% $34.8M Debt United States USD
10 HALEON US CAPITAL LLC HLNLN 3.375 03/24/27 US36264FAK75 0.53% $34.8M Debt United States USD
11 KINDER MORGAN INC KMI 1.75 11/15/26 US49456BAU52 0.51% $33.1M Debt United States USD
12 CRH AMERICA FINANCE INC CRHID 3.4 05/09/27 144A US12636YAA01 0.50% $32.3M Debt United States USD
13 WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC WTW 4.65 06/15/27 US970648AL56 0.48% $31.0M Debt United States USD
14 SOLVENTUM CORP SOLV 5.45 02/25/27 US83444MAN11 0.47% $30.7M Debt United States USD
15 HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK HBAN V4.552 05/17/28 US44644MAF86 0.47% $30.6M Debt United States USD
16 CCL INDUSTRIES INC CCLBCN 3.25 10/01/26 144A US124900AB71 0.47% $30.4M Debt Canada USD
17 HYATT HOTELS CORP H 5.75 01/30/27 US448579AQ51 0.46% $30.1M Debt United States USD
18 AON NORTH AMERICA INC AON 5.125 03/01/27 US03740MAA80 0.46% $30.1M Debt United States USD
19 ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS INC ZBH 4.7 02/19/27 US98956PBA93 0.46% $30.1M Debt United States USD
20 FIFTH THIRD BANK NA (OHIO) FITB V4.967 01/28/28 US31677QBU22 0.46% $30.1M Debt United States USD
21 ELEVANCE HEALTH INC ELV 4.5 10/30/26 US036752BG70 0.46% $30.0M Debt United States USD
22 VERALTO CORP VLTO 5.5 09/18/26 US92338CAB90 0.46% $30.0M Debt United States USD
23 GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC 0% CP 03/08/2026 US37961DH371 0.46% $30.0M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
24 BANK OF AMERICA CORP BAC V4.376 04/27/28 US06051GKP36 0.46% $30.0M Debt United States USD
25 ALCON FINANCE CORP ALCSW 2.75 09/23/26 144A US01400EAA10 0.46% $29.9M Debt United States USD

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 Jul 2026

All 689 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Debt 61.86%
Other asset-backed securities 21.17%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 10.65%
Collateralised bond or debt obligations 6.23%
Mortgage-backed securities 0.40%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 82.90%
Cayman Islands 5.81%
Canada 5.34%
Sweden 1.46%
United Kingdom 1.33%
Australia 1.00%
Netherlands 0.87%
Switzerland 0.38%
Ireland 0.31%
Jersey 0.31%
Bermuda 0.23%
Denmark 0.23%
Other (2) 0.12%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 100.29%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

No sector data

None of this fund's holdings matched a stock listed on this site, so no sector is shown.

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 0.0% of net assets, the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$2.4380
12 payments per unit
12-month yield
4.09%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Monthly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
30 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($2.4380) ÷ latest price ($59.65) × 100 = 4.09%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (59 payments)
FTSM distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
30 Sep 2026$0.2050
31 Aug 2026$0.2040
31 Jul 2026$0.2060
30 Jun 2026$0.2030
29 May 2026$0.2050
30 Apr 2026$0.2010
31 Mar 2026$0.2080
27 Feb 2026$0.1910
30 Jan 2026$0.2050
29 Dec 2025$0.2000
28 Nov 2025$0.2000
31 Oct 2025$0.2100
30 Sep 2025$0.2130
29 Aug 2025$0.2200
31 Jul 2025$0.2180
30 Jun 2025$0.2150
30 May 2025$0.2280
30 Apr 2025$0.2130
31 Mar 2025$0.2220
28 Feb 2025$0.2030
31 Jan 2025$0.2260
27 Dec 2024$0.2330
29 Nov 2024$0.2300
31 Oct 2024$0.2410
30 Sep 2024$0.2470
30 Aug 2024$0.2470
31 Jul 2024$0.2470
28 Jun 2024$0.2450
31 May 2024$0.2500
30 Apr 2024$0.2490
28 Mar 2024$0.2490
29 Feb 2024$0.2400
31 Jan 2024$0.2550
26 Dec 2023$0.2530
30 Nov 2023$0.2430
31 Oct 2023$0.2440
29 Sep 2023$0.2470
31 Aug 2023$0.2470
31 Jul 2023$0.2400
30 Jun 2023$0.2290
31 May 2023$0.2290
28 Apr 2023$0.2140
31 Mar 2023$0.2080
28 Feb 2023$0.2010
31 Jan 2023$0.2010
23 Dec 2022$0.1910
30 Nov 2022$0.1590
31 Oct 2022$0.1370
30 Sep 2022$0.1100
31 Aug 2022$0.0990
29 Jul 2022$0.0830
30 Jun 2022$0.0560
31 May 2022$0.0420
29 Apr 2022$0.0280
31 Mar 2022$0.0240
28 Feb 2022$0.0170
31 Jan 2022$0.0170
23 Dec 2021$0.0170
30 Nov 2021$0.0140

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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